agreed . there are tons of 1B with 40 HR potential (delgado, konerko, teixeira, pujols, ortiz, thome, berkman, howard, giambi, dlee, sexson) and not so many 40 hr guys in the OF (manny, ajones, beltran, soriano(better used at 2B for now), berkman (qs there too), Lee(never done it before but this might be his year)) By my count thats 11 1B who COULD hit 40 hrs whereas only 5 OF with some sketchy picks like carlos lee who has never done it before...

jake_harv88 wrote:agreed . there are tons of 1B with 40 HR potential (delgado, konerko, teixeira, pujols, ortiz, thome, berkman, howard, giambi, dlee, sexson) and not so many 40 hr guys in the OF (manny, ajones, beltran, soriano(better used at 2B for now), berkman (qs there too), Lee(never done it before but this might be his year)) By my count thats 11 1B who COULD hit 40 hrs whereas only 5 OF with some sketchy picks like carlos lee who has never done it before...

Old_Style wrote:thome needs 2 more games at 1B to gain eligibility for yahoo leagues

And don't count him out on getting them. It's not likely but if something happened to Konerko that prevented him from playing the field for a few days but wasn't bad enough to keep him from DH'ing then Thome would almost certainly play first base. It's a bit of a long shot but it's not out of the realm of possibility.

Old_Style wrote:thome needs 2 more games at 1B to gain eligibility for yahoo leagues

And don't count him out on getting them. It's not likely but if something happened to Konerko that prevented him from playing the field for a few days but wasn't bad enough to keep him from DH'ing then Thome would almost certainly play first base. It's a bit of a long shot but it's not out of the realm of possibility.

I don't see him getting them either. Ozzie won't risk injuring Thome while Konerko can play there.